Dear friend,
We believe that God is faithful and sinless, though we are often found unbelieving. He is such for His own Name's sake. He cannot deny Himself. He is not such because we are faithful on our part. All these do not imply that we, Christians, may live carelessly in our pilgrimage. In fact, our longing before God, always, for ourselves and other believers around us, is that our "whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1Th 5:23)
It is unbecoming of any Christians who are members of the Bride of Christ, to live lives worthy of blame. This is because Christ, her Bridegroom, "loved the church, and gave himself for it; that be might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." (Eph. 5:25, 27) Preaching Christ is the business of His servants. Such preaching involves "warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus." (Col. 1:28) The idea that our faith in the doctrine of grace would lead to careless Christian living is not from God's Word but the devil who would rob us of the comfort of Scriptures. In fact, our faith in God's immutability in His faithfulness and love gives us much hope and thankfulness to press on in holy living. It is not possible that believers, who are people renewed by the Holy Spirit, should take for granted the grace of God.
So, we have no doubt that God "shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1Co. 1:8)
"... as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." (1Pe. 1:15, 16)
Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-january.html#Jan10M.
lck
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